The deadline to tender a contract to arbitration-eligible players is tonight at 7pm CT. Here’s a rundown of the players on American League teams that have been non-tendered today. This post will be updated as more decisions are revealed. MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projected salaries for all players eligible for arbitration last month. All players who are non-tendered before this evening’s deadline go directly into free agency, where they’re eligible to sign with any of MLB’s 30 clubs.
Onto the transactions…
- The Angels announced that they have non-tendered left-hander Patrick Sandoval, infielder Eric Wagaman, as well as outfielders Jordyn Adams and Bryce Teodosio. You can read more about those moves here.
- The Astros tendered contracts to their entire arbitration class.
- The Athletics announced that they did not tender a contract to right-hander Dany Jiménez, who was projected for a $1MM salary. He posted a 4.91 in 25 appearances for the A’s in 2024. He struck out 21.4% of opponents but gave out walks at a 16.2% clip.
- The Blue Jays are planning to non-tender righty Dillon Tate, per Ben Nicholson Smith and Shi Davidi of Sportsnet (X link). Tate was just claimed off waivers at the start of September and had a projected salary of $1.9MM. He’s a former fourth overall pick with some good numbers in his career but he missed most of 2023 due to injury and then posted a 4.66 ERA in 2024. The Jays are also non-tendering righty Jordan Romano, which you can read more about here.
- The Guardians have non-tendered outfielder George Valera and right-hander Connor Gillispie, per Paul Hoynes of cleveland.com (X link). Both players were designated for assignment earlier this week.
- The Mariners are going to non-tender outfielder Sam Haggerty, per Ari Alexander of KPRC 2 (X link). He was limited to just eight games in 2024 due to a torn achilles. He was only projected for a salary of $900K but the M’s have decided to move on. They also non-tendered infielder Josh Rojas and righties Austin Voth and JT Chargois, moves that are covered with more depth here.
- The Orioles plan to non-tender right-hander Jacob Webb, per Andy Kostka of the Baltimore Banner (X link). Webb was projected for a salary of $1.7MM next year. The righty tossed 56 2/3 innings for the O’s in 2024 with a 3.02 ERA and 24.5% strikeout rate, but an 11.4% walk rate.
- The Rays announced they have non-tendered outfielder Dylan Carlson as well as left-handers Tyler Alexander, Colin Poche and Richard Lovelady. Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times relayed the news (X link) prior to the official announcement. Carlson once seemed like a building block in St. Louis but his offense has declined for three straight years now and he was projected for a $2.7MM salary. Alexander was projected for $2.8MM and had a 5.10 ERA this year. Poche had a solid 3.86 ERA but was projected for $3.4MM. Lovelady was designated for assignment a few days ago.
- The Rangers tendered contracts to their entire arbitration class.
- The Red Sox announced that right-handers Bryan Mata and Isaiah Campbell were both non-tendered. Those two had been designated for assignment earlier this week.
- The Royals tendered contracts to their entire arbitration class.
- The Tigers announced that they have non-tendered infielder Eddys Leonard as well as right-handers Ricky Vanasco, Brendan White and Wilmer Flores. Three of those four were designated for assignment earlier this week. Flores, the lone exception, is the younger brother of the same-named Wilmer Flores of the Giants. The younger Flores was once a notable pitching prospect but was injured for most of 2024.
- The Twins tendered contracts to their entire arbitration class.
- The Yankees have non-tendered infielder Jon Berti, per Robert Murray of FanSided (X link). He was projected for a salary of $3.8MM. He was injured for much of the year and only got into 25 games. The Yankees also announced that they have non-tendered left-hander Tim Mayza, who was projected for a $4MM salary but had a 6.33 ERA in 2024.
- The White Sox will non-tender first baseman/outfielder Gavin Sheets, which MLBTR covered earlier today. The Sox later announced Sheets and also that they non-tendered right-hander Enyel De Los Santos as well. De Los Santos was projected for a salary of $1.7MM but posted a 5.20 ERA this year.
ckc12537
Jacob Webb could be a nice addition for the Astros
Lets Go DBacks
Could be a nice addition for every MLB team.
Lefty_Orioles_Fan
Take my Webb…Please!!!
ckc12537
Agreed – but I want the Astros to do something. Lol
Lefty_Orioles_Fan
Maybe Jordan Romano
C Yards Jeff
For teams that put value on spin rate, his change up is elite. Suprised the Os cut ties for that reason alone. That said; they’ve parted ways with other guys like Bauman and Irvin who have some arsenal with healthy spin rates. These metrics now less valuable to the Birds when evaluating talent?
ThonolansGhost
Anyone know if Akil Baddoo got non-tendered?
Datashark
A’s still are well below 10m committed to 2025 – don’t need to spend $1m on a below avg player
RyanD44
Considered that even 26 players at league minimum is more than $10m, that makes zero sense.
DarkSide830
pre-arb salaries are non guaranteed.
gbs42
Half the players in MLB are below average.
Datashark
I would say more than half are below because you must account for the DFA’s and account for the average and above average where above is definitely a small contingent
gbs42
It depends on your definition of average. Half the players in MLB are below the median.
Gasu1
The distribution of talent in MLB is not a bell-shaped curve, so that’s not correct.
denistaylor
Do you MLBTR writers have something against Eastern Time? I’ve never seen a website give times in Central.
Blackpink in the area
You got a problem with Central time? This ain’t ESPN champ…….
Nuitari
This is hopefully not the entire list. As a fan of the Detroit Tigers, I can’t think of a single reason to keep Baddoo or Mackintry… Pretty sure I spelled Zacks name wrong. Regardless, unless trades are pending for both… Just why?
Fernando P
McKinstry signed
Pete'sView
Fernando P — Detroit’s mistake.
stymeedone
Depth.
The Saber-toothed Superfife
People on the East Coast are too easily confused….In Buffalo, for example,….it’s still 1991, seconds to go in the forth quarter….Norwood….moving towards the tee…..
gbs42
Do you have something against Central Time? The site’s founder lives in Chicagoland, so why not Central?
jdgoat
Really don’t understand the Orioles bullpen decisions so far. It seems like they’re keeping inferior and more expensive arms over quality ones like Webb and Coulombe.
King Floch
In defense of the Coulombe move, he had surgery to remove bone chips in his throwing elbow last year and when he came back in September, he looked decent but his velocity was noticeably down, so they may think he is about to regress significantly.
The Webb non-tender is a real head scratcher though. No red flags as far as I can tell.
Mjls
Totally agree. Two of the better bullpen arms gone and they weren’t too expensive. Then to read they avoided arb with Rivera. I know it’s early but it seems to be getting late.
MacGromit
agree. curious. maybe Rubenstein is really going to open the wallet and we won’t even remember Webb and Coulombe?
King Floch
Kinda weird to just drop two of our better RPs (Webb and Coulombe) from the last couple of years for nothing, but maybe Rubenstein and Elias plan to play in the deep end of the free agent reliever market as well as the deep end of rotation market.
Citizen1
What’s up with Webb? A 3 era not good enough? Cubs should sign him
solaris602
Wouldn’t mind seeing CLE bring Enyel De Los Santos back. I always saw him as a future closer. Not sure why the wheels came off in SD and CWS, but he’s still got plenty of potential.
O1Scamp
As a CLE fan, I am really hoping someone other than them sign EDLS soon. CLE has a solid ‘pen plus Stephan will be back not to mention Walters becoming the next man up plus other surprises like Aleman. Spend money elsewhere. If a waiver claim is what you want, Dylan Carlson makes more sense for CLE.
PutPeteinthehall
Tauchman
mrkinsm
Hey Reds….go sign Valera – give him a hefty milb deal if need be, he’s better than half your 40 man roster outfielders (once he returns healthy).
YankeesBleacherCreature
I liked Berti but a defense and speed guy with bad legs is no bueno.
Salzilla
Yeah, I liked the idea of Berti on the team more than the guy we got. Him and Mayza were no brainers to non-tender.
nrd1138
Im a bit surprised tha the Sox nontendered Sheets. Its not like he was making a ton of money, or in line for a huge raise